Make a police report, with your sheriff. They need to know, you'll get more support if you have evidence of vandalism. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300
On December 2, 2018 9:23:40 AM EST, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >Last night about 11:30pm I was in bed waiting for the lights to go >out. >Wife comes in as says there is a vehicle in our yard. I quickly get >dressed, grab a .45 and head out the door. I flip on the porch light >and garage lights. By the time I got out there they were at the street > >attempting to pull out. They then pull out and then sort of stopped in > >the road just past our main driveway. I could hear what sounded like >people yelling at each other I suppose. They then left. Upon checking > >the area, they had rutted up the yard from our secondary "driveway" >that >is over by the shop. By driveway it is an entrance over the ditch but >is just grass on our side. We had a big storm the day before so the >ground was very soft over there. > >At first I thought maybe they were so morons who were trying to turn >around over there and maybe got stuck. The wife said it sounds like >teens but from what I heard I am not sure if they were teens or not. >The road out there is pitch black at night and I would think it would >have been very difficult to find this 2nd driveway of ours in the dark >unless you knew it was there. In fact it is not really all that >accessible because when the county comes by and plows the road, they >plow often cuts into this driveway on the road side causing a pretty >good size hump to get up in it. Wife thinks they had cased the place >before because otherwise how would they have been able to find that >driveway. > >Whatever the vehicles was, I thought it was some sort of pickup with a >camper shell maybe, wife said it was a small SUV but in any case the >back glass was up on it the whole time. Nothing seems to have been >broken into or stolen as far as I can tell but I will be back out in a >little bit to check. > >I have several cars parked over by the shop/barn awaiting okie >attention. I have noticed hood ornaments missing on cars in the past >but could never really remember if they were missing when the cars were > >parked there or not. I need to go back and look at some old photos of >a >couple of these cars because I am pretty sure they did have the >ornaments in place. I did not know this was still a thing to steal >them. > >Anyway, when we first moved out here there was/is a street light on a >power pole out in the middle of the yard. With this on at night, I can > >pretty much see what is going on out back and over toward the barn/shop > >area from inside the house. This was one of those deals that you paid >$6 a month on your power bill for and it was maintained by them. About > >2-3 years ago I had the power company remove it from my account and >they >were supposed to have a crew remove it, but they never did. About 6-8 >months ago I noticed the light getting dim till now it just dimly glows > >and does not put off any light. I like it because this is the country >and I like it dark so I can see the stars or what not. On the other >hand I did like the light so I could keep an eye on things. I have been > >meaning to install some motion activated flood lights at various points > >around the properly, like a couple off the shop, maybe one off the >barn, >some on the back of the house etc. I am now wondering if I should just > >have the street light added back to my account and have the power >company replace it. I really hate not being able to turn it off when I > >want. > >I also need to install a deadbolt on the shop door. It currently just >has the handle lock. I have locked my keys in there before and I am >able to get the door open with a flathead screw driver in about 5 >minutes or less so I am sure a thief could do the same. I guess this >is >the project for today. > > >--- >This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >https://www.avg.com > > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
